Objective: To correlate clinical variables (gestational age, severe pregnancy-induced hypertension, gestational diabetes mellitus, history of previous cesarean sections, fetal distress, perinatal mortality , postpartum anemia, Apgar score-<3 at 1 minute and-<7 at 5 minutes, and instrumental delivery) with postpartum endometritis (PPE) and wound infection. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional st...

Repeated c-sections can be avoided if trial of normal vaginal delivery is given.5 Similarly, csection for breach presentation has become a feature of modern obstetrics and a cause for increased rate of elective c-sections. In some countries CSR for breech is upto order of 80%. This trend has implications not only for the index pregnancy but also increases the chances of repeat csection in subse...

Objective: To document frequency and identify risk factors associated with early delivery in women who require caesarean section prior to their planned elective caesarean section date. Additionally, we compared the maternal and neonatal outcomes for those women booked for an elective caesarean section who did and who did not require delivery prior to their booked elective caesarean section (BEC...

BACKGROUND Caesarean section might increase the incidence of surgical interventions and problems resulting from hospitalization and thus affecting quality of life in women after delivery. This study aimed to compare quality of life in women after normal delivery and caesarean section. METHODS This was a prospective study. A sample of women with normal delivery and caesarean section from 5 hea...

breast feeding has a great impact on the infant morbidity and mortality. according to pakistan demographic and health survey (pdhs) infant mortality rate is 78 deaths per 1,000 live births. world health organization recommends that exclusive breast feeding for six months can decrease infant mortality rate by one-third. the objective of the study was to find out how the mode of delivery had impa...

Background & aim: Sexual activity is one of the most important aspects of a marital life. Childbirth is also a major event in the life of women, and the period of postpartum is a time of emotional upheaval. Since women believe that vaginal delivery could negatively affect their sexual function after childbirth, they tend to give birth through caesarean section. Therefore, this study aimed to ev...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of cesarean delivery on neonatal and maternal morbidity and mortality and their associated costs for two populations of women presenting with genital herpes lesions at delivery: those with and those without a history of genital herpes. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE (search for herpes simplex virus and neonatal, cesarean, and mortality) and recognized experts. DATA EXTR...

OBJECTIVE To identify the current clinical, socio-demographic and obstetric factors associated with the various types of delivery strategies in Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a cross-sectional study based on the 2012 National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT) of 6,736 women aged 12 to 49 years. Delivery types discussed in this paper include vaginal delivery, emergency cesarean sect...